Airship builds

[THE DC]

Originally Posted by Knife

Thanks for the offer, CharlieC. I have Currell’s 1/700 and 1/400 scale Hindenburg, along with the Schreiber-Bogen 1/200 scale Hindenburg. Plus the Alan Rose version, what ever scale it is.

Here are some final photos of the L-17. By the way, Sachsen is the german name for Saxony, the area in Germany Northeast of Bavaria. The 1/250 scale makes her fit in well with my ship models.

Nice work!



Was the model good?

[THE DC]

I have always thought about getting the Alan Rose version, but never seem to be able to win it on eBay.


Does it tell the scale in the book?


How big does it build?

[Knife]

I picked up the Alan Rose Hindenburg on Facebook! Model Graveyard auctions. I don't know the scale, it doesn't say anything in the book. I may just have to build it and measure it, I guess.


Correction from previous post. The Correll.net models are of the Graf Zeppelin, not the Hindenburg.

[surfduke]

Originally Posted by Knife

Thanks for the offer, CharlieC. I have Currell’s 1/700 and 1/400 scale Hindenburg, along with the Schreiber-Bogen 1/200 scale Hindenburg. Plus the Alan Rose version, what ever scale it is.

Here are some final photos of the L-17. By the way, Sachsen is the german name for Saxony, the area in Germany Northeast of Bavaria. The 1/250 scale makes her fit in well with my ship models.

I am in awe!


The build is beautiful!

[Astroboy]

I believe the Alan Rose Hindenburg is 1/200 scale.

[Knife]

Next airship out of the shed is the Graf Zeppelin. I built both the 1/700 and 1/400 scale models from Currell.net. Both models have identical parts, just sized differently. Personally, I like the 1/700 scale version best. The 1/400 scale just looks a little too simple at that scale. This completes my construction of Currell’s airships.

[Knife]

My next build is the Hindenburg. I have the Alin Osarik 1/200 version, the Schreiber-Bogan 1/200 scale version, the Alan Rose book version (maybe 1/200 scale?), and a 1/466 version. The question is, just how many meter long phallic symbols with swastikas does one need in the household? According to the wife, the answer is less than one. So I'm going to start on the Osarik version because if I make a mistake I can always print out new parts. But I think I will modify it to be the LZ-130 Graf Zeppelin II, which was a twin to the Hindenburg. The Graf Zeppelin II flew, just never carried passengers. It was scraped after the Hindenburg disaster. Thus I can justify building one of the other kits later since (technically) it will be of another airship. I might make a copy of the passenger cabin from the Schreiber-Bogan version to pit into the Alin Osarik version. And I should probably add some running lights to it, too. I just rewatched the 1975 movie Hindenburg, and it looks cool coming out of the night with the position lights and passenger cabin lighted up.

[Knife]

My next build is the Hindenburg. I have the Alin Osarik 1/200 version, the Schreiber-Bogan 1/200 scale version, the Alan Rose book version (maybe 1/200 scale?), and a 1/466 version. The question is, just how many meter long phallic symbols with swastikas does one need in the household? According to the wife, the answer is less than one. So I'm going to start on the Osarik version because if I make a mistake I can always print out new parts. But I think I will modify it to be the LZ-130 Graf Zeppelin II, which was a twin to the Hindenburg. The Graf Zeppelin II flew, it just never carried passengers. It was scraped after the Hindenburg disaster. Thus I can later justify building one of the other kits since (technically) it will be of another airship. I might copy the passenger cabin from the Schreiber-Bogan version to add to the Alin Osarik version. And I should probably add some running lights to it, too. I just rewatched the 1975 movie Hindenburg, and it looks cool coming out of the night with the position lights and passenger cabin lighted up.

[Knife]

The 1/200 scale Hindenburg is huge. 24 sheets of parts just for the supporting frame. I usually use presentation board from Office Depot to create 1mm thick parts but due to the size of this build I opted to use trifold insulation foam from Lowe’s hardware store. This creates 1/4” thick pieces, so the slots where the bulkheads attach to the longerons will need to be widened to 1/4”. In the end, it created a lightweight yet strong inner structure.

[Knife]

These are the photos